Morning all, this could be a long thread so i hope you dont mind? I always thought people with alz always had memories from the past? Well I've just got some old photos out to share with mum, who had mid stage alz. I showed her a photo of her mum, her niece and her new husband on their wedding day back in 1972 (ish). She looked and said oh thats nice, i asked if she knew who they were, she pointed to her mum and said that must be the mum, thats the boy, are they a family?. I said yes. Then i showed her one from the same wedding with me as bridesmaid and my dad, her husband, as best man. She said " from their clothes id say it was a wedding" i pointed to me and asked "whos that?", she didnt know! And she thort my dad was either my brother or my husband, she didnt recognize her husband!! I felt so sad, i put the rest away, she had no recognition at all. Does this happen often, i thought they always remembered the past? My husband came in and i was in tears. So sad